Mindanao, Philippines tri-people grassroots human rights, peace, and humanitarian organizations and movements express our deep alarm and firm condemnation regarding the escalating military aggression by the United States and Israel against Iran, and the subsequent retaliatory strikes by Iran against U.S. military bases in neighboring Middle Eastern countries.
Reports indicate a devastating loss of life following an Israeli airstrike on a school building in Minab, southern Iran, on (…)

President Donald Trump promised to be the “president of peace” and to avoid foreign wars of regime change such as America's “endless wars” in Iraq and Afghanistan. Now Trump has launched just such a war on Iran and the question is: Will his base and the American people support or even tolerate it?
Trump declared war on Iran, and together with Israel, bombed several cities including Teheran, the capital, killing Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader, and other top Iranian officials, as well as (…)

Since 12 February 2026, after a clash in Lyon between a group of antifa and a group of fascists that resulted in the death of one of the latter, France has taken a sordid turn in a campaign of demonization and criminalization of La France Insoumise (LFI), the left wing party led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon, which is directly accused of being politically responsible for the death of this person.
This campaign is highly structured, carried out on several levels by the far right Rassemblement (…)

On 12 February 2026, in the French city of Lyon, a violent confrontation occurred between a group of anti-fascists (ex-members of La Jeune Garde [The Young Guard] which had been banned) and a group of fascists. It resulted in the death of one of the latter, Quentin Deranque. This tragic event has major political consequences in France that are likely to be long-lasting. It could be a turning point. The party La France insoumise (LFI), the radical left, all anti-fascists, and anti-fascism (…)

Remarks at the “EDSA@40: Stewarding People Power, from Memory to Mission” Talk-Conversation at the Ateneo de Naga University, 25 February 2026.
First of all, congratulations to the Ateneo de Naga University community for this meaningful commemoration of the 40^th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution by holding what should be a thought- and action-provoking discussion on Martial Law (or ML), EDSA, and their relevance to the current political situation. It is good that Ma'am (…)